The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-12-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-tiberite is new insulating ma
terial made from wood pulp, and is be-
ing used for storage cells and by
various electrical concerns. 1t is said
to give satisfaction.
In Great Britain 64.09S factories
are registered, and 1890 workshops.
The inspectors of shops and factories
last year made ILL., 274 visits to see that
the laws were in force. There are fifty
six inspectors in all.
The collection Of preserved hum
ming-birds in the British Museum now
comprises at least ten thousand skins.
The finest collection in this country is
that which has been presented to the
American Museum of Natural History
in this city by Mr.. ID. &. Elliott. which
contains about two thousand speci-
mems. N. Y. Ledger.
The remains of no less than fifty
four species of Towering plants from
mummy wrappings in Egypt have been
identified. The flowers have been
wonderfully preserved, even the delicate
violet color of the larkspur and the
scarlet of the poppy. the chlorophyl in
the leaves, and the sugar in the raisins,
remaining.-Arhausaw Traueler.
"A member of the Paris Geographical
Society suggests that instead of de-
posting provisions and other stores for
Arctic explorers in cairns or rocky
structures above ground, they ought to
be placed in subterranean stations ex-
excavated for the purpose. BY the
establishments of such stations in favor
able seasons the facilities for Polar ex-
plorations might be greatly increased.
Il IN. 7. Ledger.
Ono of the largest wind motors in
existence is used for driving Touring
machinery at Great Yarmouth, En-
gland. 1t has four sails, which are 40
feet inches long by 12 feet 6 inches
wide, and extend 100 feet from point to
point. With wind of 25 miles an
hour, the windmill has So horse power.
and will easily make 120 barrels of flour
in "a hours. The building containing
the Touring apparatus and supporting
the motor il of II stories, stands SO feet
above foundation, and is 35 feet in
diameter at the base. and 16 at the top.
-ArkansaW Traveller.
The Iowa State University has re-
Gently acquired fine specimen of the
extinct musk OK of North America.
The bones, which are remarkably well
preserved, were unearthed near the
Missouri river at Council Bluffs in the
formation known to geologists as the
loess. This creature, like the modern
musk OK, is supposed to have been
clothed with a long fleece. and the dis
covery of the remains at Council Bluffs
indicates that low temperature must
have prevailed in that region during the
period when the loess was accumulat-
ing, so that Arctic animals have found
the climate comfortable therein r
Ledger. w
DR. Holub. the African explorer,
after being plundered by savage tribes
has arrived in England with his collec
ton. This collection-a wreck only o.
what was gathered by the industrious
explorer-fills 147 cases. In it there are
COZ skins of qnadrupeds ready fol
stuffing, of which 10 are of animals a!
large as the koodoo-an antelope
heavier than the red deer; of bird
there are 2,221 specimens. of insects
27,OOo, including 2l,0oo beetles ant
5000 moths and butterflies. There arr
also 6, 800 specimens of plants. There arr
1000 recorded observations in meteor
ology, and more than that number o
the measurements of elevations. -
Paper window-glass is now said t
be an assured fact. As described: ~
window-pane is made of white paper
manufactured from cotton or linen
and modified by chemical action
Afterward the paper is dipped in
preparation of camphor and alcohol
which makes it like parchment. From
this point it can be nodded and Gu
into remarkably tough sheets entirel
transparent, and it can be dyed wit
almost the whole of the aniline colors
the result being a transparent sheet
!, showing far more vivid hues than tn
best glass exhibits. r-Public Opinion.